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Impact 100 Chicago Awards $142,000 To Chicago Area Nonprofits

Palatine, Ill., May 8, 2019 - Impact 100 Chicago, a women's philanthropic organization, awarded $142,000 to four Chicago area nonprofits, including one individual $100,000 Impact grant and three merit awards of $14,000 each. The awards were presented at Impact 100 Chicago's annual Grant Award Celebration in Arlington Heights on May 7.

More than 100 area nonprofits applied for an Impact 100 Chicago grant during the 2018-2019 grant cycle. Impact 100 Chicago members ⎯ women from across the city and suburbs⎯ pool their $1,000 membership donations and vote to select the $100,000 Impact grant winner. Since its inception in 2010, Impact 100 Chicago has awarded more than $2.9 million in high impact grants that have a transformative effect on the receiving organizations and those they serve.

The one $100,000 Impact grant was awarded to:

Rebuilding Exchange

Based in Chicago, Rebuilding Exchange builds up at-risk individuals by creating opportunities through meaningful employment and workforce skills training. In addition to job training, Rebuilding Exchange annually diverts over one million pounds of used building materials from landfills while creating innovative models for sustainable reuse through their retail warehouse. "We build up what others take down - be it buildings or people."

Merit awards were presented to Beacon Place, Chicago Survivors and

Children's Advocacy Center of North and Northwest Cook County .

"To say we are impressed by the work these nonprofits are doing to better the lives of disadvantaged individuals in our Chicagoland communities is an understatement," said Kathy Loria, president, Impact 100 Chicago. "We congratulate all of the Impact grant and merit award winners and look forward to partnering with them to turn their projects into reality."

Women interested in learning more about Impact 100 Chicago should visit www.impact100chicago.org or contact info@impact100chicago.org. Nonprofits interested in applying for an Impact grant during the 2019-2020 grant cycle can view more about our process at http://www.impact100chicago.org/apply-for-a-grant/about-our-grant/. Nonprofit letters of inquiry will be accepted in fall 2019.

About Impact 100 Chicago

Impact 100 Chicago is a 501(c)(3) all volunteer, women's philanthropic nonprofit that awards transformational grants to local nonprofits while empowering women to improve lives through philanthropy. For more information visit www.impact100chicago.org.

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